The YouthCaN Med 2006 Conference was Monday, April 10th at The American Community School in Beirut. We had 13 schools presenting 29 projects from across the country on everything from solar energy and magnetic fields to water pollution and the impact of tourism on environment.
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During the conference we had several ongoing activities including creating souvenirs from recycled materials, a group banner for everyone to sign a ‘create-a-slogan’ board designed to raise awareness and help keep Lebanon beautiful.
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Several representatives from the U.S. Embassy and the Ministry of Education attended the event and presented certificates to the students during the closing ceremonies. The students also prepared several skits, a video montage recounting the evolution of YouthCaN Med and a Debke (the traditional Lebanese dance).
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We also had live videoconferences with the YouthCaN conferences in NYC and Cairo. I was the Master of Ceremonies and was so busy running around I didn’t see many of the presentations but everyone had a lot of fun and I hear the workshops were great!